with designer childrenswear. For more children’s shopping, there are a number of shops in the Dublin outskirts.P Is For Pearl South William St. Tel: 00 353 086 389 3657; www.pearl.ie. A new city centre store that caters well for children clothes and accessories

and elk. For fans of Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking books, a visit to Junibacken is a must, where children can play in Pippi’s house, try on clothes and ride her horse. Grand Hotel has a waterfront position near the Royal Palace and Old Town. Or stay

where you can barter for everything from clothes and jewellery to carpets and scarves. The Topkapi Palace in the Old City provides an oasis of calm amidst this chaotic capital, with a wonderful garden for children to run around. Take a day trip on a

, make your way up towards Friends’ Meeting House. En route, don’t forget to window shop at Charlie Barley, a children’s clothes store selling fabulous fashion lines. Another excellent store is Pure South, a South African craft shop directly opposite

it was the promise of gruesome relics housed in the Loreto church, including two fully-clothed skeletons. Music is an integral part of life in Prague and there are frequent concerts in churches across the city. Make the music more palatable for children by attending

, so bring an art-smock or change of clothes. An art library in the basement runs regular storytelling sessions for children – call ahead to check the programme for the day of your visit (see Resources). Give the coffee shop in the gallery’s basement a

as soon as he spied the water fountains in Shamu’s Happy Harbour, the adventure playground for preschoolers, he walked right in, fully clothed. After a day filled with activity, we headed back to our hotel for a good night’s rest, ready for our next day